Life of a Magic Academy Mage

Episode 737

“Wait a moment!”

“?”

Lee Han stopped when he heard the professor shout from behind him.

I was wondering if he could give me some advice.

“It’s a dangerous place, so why don’t you leave the basilisk behind?”

It was Professor Bendozol’s kind voice that I had never heard before.

‘I heard it for no reason.’

Lee Han resolutely ignored it and moved on.

* * *

“Sharkan. “Look for traces and smells.”

Sharkan the beryl leopard nodded and declared that he would faithfully follow his master’s orders.

“Gonadaltes. Lead other skeleton warriors and search the surrounding area. “If you encounter an evil spirit, do not fight, but retreat immediately.”

Gonadaltes, an undead warrior, nodded and waved his black-green bone sword.

“basilisk.”

-!

“Here, have a snack and sleep some more. “I don’t know what Professor Bendozol will do if you stay up.”

-……

The baby basilisk was embarrassed, but took a bite of the jerky as he was given and closed its eyes again.

‘It goes quickly.’

Unlike Professor Bendozol, Lee Han was confident about evil spirits and spirit-type monsters, as he had experienced them a few times.

I knew that most monsters would retreat without approaching.

Rather than being too careful and wasting time, it was better to quickly announce our arrival and gather the students.

“Light of truth, dwell in!”

The spheres of light that Lee Han had decided to shoot out on a different level than before began to gather one by one.

The light spread in all directions, penetrating the darkness of the Nightmare Echo Forest, where the dark and damp magical fog drifted.

“Everyone answer!”

“……”

“Everyone, answer! If you’re listening…”

“Wardanaz?”

Nilia’s wary voice came from ahead. Lee Han shouted in joy.

“Nilia! Wardanaz is right!”

“You’re lost too?”

“no. “I arrived and came back to get you guys.”

“…It’s something you would do, but…!”

As soon as Nilia heard Lee Han’s words, she thought that it was very Wodanaz-like, but she did not let go of her guard yet.

While coming here, I met too many fake friends.

“Make me believe that you are real!”

“What… ah. “Have you ever had a vision?”

“okay! Last year it wasn’t like this! “I didn’t use fantasy!”

Hearing the voice of his friend grinding his teeth, Lee Han realized Professor Bendozol’s meticulousness and shuddered.

I never thought I would pick a time when the already difficult forest became even more evil to call the students.

This level of evil was almost equivalent to that of a 0.8 skeleton principal.

‘You even show me illusions. That must be really tricky.’

Spirit-type monsters were inherently annoying, but when combined with their ability to show illusions, even the most seasoned student could be hit in the back.

Lee Han decided to hurry even more.

“Nilia. I am truly Wodanaz.”

“okay! But both fake Yoner and fake Siana said that!”

“Right. Then Nilia. From now on, I will attack and subdue you. “If you get caught, you’ll know it’s not an illusion.”

In a hurry, Lee Han came up with the optimal method.

Nilia, you may get hit a few times, but once you get hit, you will know that Lee Han is real.

“…It’s true!”

Nilia was convinced and ran out.

They decided that evil spirits who tempt others by showing them the illusion they want would not show such ridiculous illusions.

“Nilia! “The power of friendship!”

“That’s right. “I don’t know if this is the power of friendship, but…”

Nylia was covered in mud and dust from how many times she had rolled in the forest. Nilia roughly brushed her hair and shoulders with her hands and spoke with a serious face.

“Wardanaz. “I think we were fooled.”

“what? “Are you talking about entering school?”

“Not that! This lecture. “It’s like a fake lecture.”

At first she was skeptical, but as she continued to wander through this forest, her doubts turned into certainty.

If it were a normal lecture, there would be no way it would be held in a place like this.

“Nilia.”

“uh? why?”

“I’m sorry, but this is really a lecture.”

Lee Han revealed Professor Bendozol’s educational philosophy and all the bizarre situations that can arise in lectures for second-year and older students.

In some lectures, I had to learn by stealing the professor’s work, and in other lectures, the classroom wall was shattered by a blow from an angry professor.

Nilia’s eyes, unable to believe it, fluttered and then burned with hatred for Professor Bendozol.

“If there were people like that in the Northern Mountains, they would have gone missing right away!”

“…Shall we go find other friends?”

Instead of asking about the shadow patrol’s secret execution method, Lee Han changed the topic.

“okay. let’s go. “I don’t want to take lectures even on weekends.”

“so do i.”

Nilia chuckled. Then, after belatedly seeing Lee Han’s serious expression, he paused.

“…Huh, that wasn’t a joke?”

“What part of what you just said was a joke?”

“That’s right. “You… take too many lectures.”

“Are people who take a lot of lectures required to attend lectures even on weekends?”

As her friend’s voice grew cold, Nilia urgently explained.

“It’s not that, the more lectures you attend, the more likely you are to attend on the weekend!”

“…That’s right.”

Lee Han nodded with a bitter face.

I definitely couldn’t deny that.

People who took a lot of lectures were more likely to take weekend lectures than people who took few lectures.

“Cheer up.”

Nilia wasn’t very confident in cheering, but she did her best to encourage her friend.

“I eventually gave up on summoning magic.”

Even students who showed interest in three or more schools in their first year began to choose and focus as they moved up to their second year.

Since I was a freshman and didn’t fully understand my abilities, I was able to listen to a lot of things, but starting from my second year, I needed to concentrate.

This was the case for Nilia as well, so she had given up on the summoning magic she had learned in first year.

Everyone acts this way, but Nilia’s friend, who steadfastly takes all the schools on her own, is truly amazing…

“Why? “I should have just listened.”

“……”

At the sound of her friend’s malicious voice, Nilia slowly widened her distance.

In some ways, the friend next to me might be more dangerous than the evil spirit.

“Lee Han!”

“It’s Yonerda.”

Lee Han looked at Nilia with joy at the sound of a voice coming from afar.

However, Nilia looked cautious.

“It could be a fake Yoner created by an evil spirit.”

“don’t worry. “If it is an illusion created by an evil spirit, it will dissipate as soon as I approach.”

Nilia, who once again realized that her friend was a monster, looked at her with admiration.

In a forest like this, it is an ability that is almost invincible.

“that’s right. You… never thought there was a way like this. “If we had met first, we wouldn’t have gotten into trouble earlier.”

The dark elf friend gritted his teeth as if he was indignant. Lee Han suddenly became curious and asked.

“How did you approach the illusion you encountered earlier?”

“I approached him saying he would quit the Blue Dragon Tower and come to the Black Turtle Tower. Tsk.”

“……”

For a moment, Lee Han thought, ‘Isn’t it strange that he was deceived?’

Nilia also seemed to realize it and shouted with her ears turning red.

“It was really plausible when I heard it in person!”

“I see.”

* * *

Lee Han began to invite his friends to join him one by one.

Sometimes I had the fantasy of pretending to be a student and approaching him, but it didn’t last long. The moment Lee Han ran, the illusion dissipated and the hidden evil spirit screamed and ran away.

“Ugh! Wodanaz! Why why are you running! “The assignment hasn’t come out yet!”

“ah. sorry. “To see if it was an illusion or not.”

Some real friends fell down in fear when they saw Lee Han running to check the illusion, but fortunately, no one was seriously injured.

“Is this all people?”

“If you look at the numbers, it seems right. “I’ll listen to the rest at another time.”

The gathered students checked the numbers.

As it was a required second-year lecture and not an academic lecture, it was possible to predict how many people would attend one lecture.

“Then let’s move again.”

“Wardanaz. It seems like the number of evil spirits is increasing…”

Phoenix Tower students spoke cautiously.

Since they were all priests from a religious order, I was able to feel the movements of monsters with evil intentions more sensitively in this way.

Right now, I can’t approach them because I’m in trouble, but they are waiting around me in a big circle.

Lee Han also noticed a sense of discomfort due to the movement of magical power, so he nodded.

“You’re more persistent than I thought. “I didn’t know they would chase you like this instead of running away or scattering right away.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I’m just planning to drag him to Professor Bendozol. Then the professor will take care of it.”

The students were shocked and shouted at Lee Han’s extreme methods.

“This is a really good method!”

“Let’s do it now!”

Lee Han was happy to see that even the Phoenix Tower students agreed.

It seemed like the time spent together over the year had definitely bonded the friends together.

Whoosh!

“!”

With the feeling of the back of my neck standing on end, < Bagleg's Instant Precognition > drew the trajectory of the incoming attack.

Lee Han immediately activated a spell stored as < Lesser Magic Master >. It was difficult to cook 2 dishes because I didn’t cook them perfectly, but I managed to cook 1 dish.

‘The quickening agility of Gonadaltes!’

As he quickly accelerated and avoided the attack, a blackish spirit arrow struck the spot where Lee Han had been just a moment ago.

“It’s a surprise attack!”

“Go on the defensive!”

The students began to move quickly and prepare for defense.

The potion rose with smoke and brought about fog around it, blocking the enemy’s view and several scrolls forming a shield.

To gain time, the students chanted additional spells and attempted to detect the enemy’s location.

“Show your malice, enemy…”

‘Over there!’

As soon as the magic dyed the enemy’s form red, Lee Han ran away.

“Flash spear!”

The staff burned with lightning and took the shape of a spear. Lee Han shot out a burst of magical energy through his toes, kicked the tree, and jumped straight up.

The enemy probably didn’t expect the wizard to come so quickly and tried to run away.

“…?”

Surprisingly, the opponent was a sparrow. But Lee Han did not let down his guard.

Even if it was a small sparrow, the magical power it contained was not normally strong.

Moreover, unless the dark and strange thing was someone with strong magic power like Lee Han, it seemed likely that even a wizard would suffer a mental blow.

Kwasik!

The branch on which the sparrow was sitting just a moment ago shattered and lightning struck.

The sparrow shot out the evil spirit like a wave, but it must have quickly realized that it wouldn’t work on Lee Han, so it gave up and retreated.

Instead, ghosts with sinister properties were poured out recklessly, making Lee Han’s spear heavy.

Lee Han frowned at that sight.

‘Can you make it on time?’

It was not easy to break through quickly because the opponent was using so many spirit monsters. Even though the flash spears continued to burn the enemy, they kept coming.

If the opponent runs away like this…

Sigh!

At that moment, a baby basilisk jumped out from the sleeve and accurately bit the sparrow hiding among the spirit bait.

As the king of snakes, he was not fooled by all kinds of flashy tricks and instinctively identified the enemy’s location.

“…Good job!”

The baby basilisk nodded as if proud.

* * *

When all the students arrived on time, Professor Bendozol began his lecture despite complaining.

“You guys must have felt it as we came, but the forest is full of evil and fraud right now. It’s because a cute nightmare has taken root. It looks like a cute sparrow, but its power is such that most bird monsters have a hard time keeping up with it! It is the luck of luck that you guys came here today. To be able to see such a precious monster…” “

……”

“…Huh…?”

The students looked embarrassed as they looked at Professor Bendozol, who was slightly excited while talking about monsters.

The description of the monster seemed somewhat familiar.